State of Java printing on Mac

[Phil Race]

Hi,

First, this is the wrong list entirely - this is list is about how to 
build openjdk from source,
and all lists on this site are about source development so this is the 
one -and-only reply on this list.
If you really need to follow up go to 2d-dev at openjdk.java.net which 
superseded
a different macosx specific port list, but that is still not a support 
channel, it
is for developers working on the source.

Second, you say nothing about the specific JDK version you are using.
That it refers you  http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT makes me think
you are using a REALLY old version of JDK. Try JDK8u77.
Then file bugs at bugs.java.com, which can also direct you to support
channels (bug filing isn't support).

-phil.


On 03/24/2016 09:04 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote:
> I hope this message is well received.
>
> Over the past year, I've been trying to leverage Java as a cross-platform
> desktop printing solution.  My success has varied.  Below are some items
> that have caused hiccups or hard-fails specifically to the Mac OS...
>
>     - PDFBOX just released a major update "2.0". Unfortunately the majority
>     of PDFs out there seem to crash JVM out completely on Mac.
>
>     - Upstream bug reports:
>
>        https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8042693
>        https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8038142
>
>        - Downstream bug report:
>        https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2682
>
>        - El Capitan... We're getting several emails a week stating the
>     printers simply won't list when calling
>     PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices.
>
>     - No one knows how to reproduce the bug, so we don't have exact steps to
>        recreate
>        - When it happens, none or only a few printers will list
>        - The ever-so-harsh "Reset Printing System" seems to fix it, but this
>        is a drastic measure if the client has a lot of configured devices
>        - Is anyone else having inconsistent results with
>        lookupPrintServices? CUPS command line seems to be OK.
>
>        - CUPS offers some useful information, such as default DPI, but why
>     don't we implement them?
>
>     - PrintService.getDefaultAttributeValue(PrinterResolution.class) returns
>        null always (Linux too BTW)
>        - Where there's a will, there's a way...
>        https://github.com/qzind/tray/issues/2#issuecomment-199827794
>
>
>
> A bit off topic, but when PDFBOX crashes the JVM, the stack trace message
> says to file a bug at a location that doesn't accept bug reports (
> http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT), so where's best to file these
> things? (I filled out the Oracle bug form, but it took a while to find and
> now I'm not sure where the submission went or if its even worth mentioning
> since it's clearly a duplicate).
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Tres
>
> - Tres.Finocchiaro at gmail.com